[ Akira enjoys the sense of mystery, to be honest. His life in general has become so routine that even quietly trolling his little sister has to mean something. Well, until Retrospec, that is. ]

I take night classes, you know that.

[ Which doesn't really account for the extra time he's been spending looking through the tunnels, interviewing people, and trying to gather as much data as he can on Retrospec

Maybe next time he'll leave a "Hello, Maki" note on the magazines. ]

Besides, if you're going to really consider the circumstances, I'm just one of four--no, three suspects.

[ He's counting their mother out. She would have replaced it with enough tiramisu for the whole family. ]

If you want to solve this case, then you're going to have to identify the motives of each of your suspects. Obviously you've placed me as your number one with vengeance as the motive, but you also know that I don't have much of a sweet tooth. What about the other two?

[ Yes, he's going to walk her through this like he's being a T.A. for one of his criminology classes. ]